Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Tested will be a heart devoted.
And sacrifices,
Performed as they are...
Seem to never end.
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I don't know why I notice these things,
But it seems as though those with an agenda...
Suffer from a lack of integrity,
And have low self esteem.
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When I think of me and myself and I...
I am often quite surprised,
By the little attention I give...
To being that kind of guy.
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Perceive and feel any accomplishment wished.
The beating and removing of weeds...
On a path,
May slow...
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Chasing impossibilities.
Like a change to redo,
And replace yesterdays' activities.
Has come to be embraced,
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Sometimes I am tempted,
To agitate a childish game...
That has been played.
Just to feel and see it done...
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You can not define my man-ness.
No height...
Nor width or depth of it!
You may observe,
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Living in an environment,
Where there are disrespectful children...
Being raised by adults stuck in their minds,
That growing up sucks...
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Living to identify and adjust,
To the physicality of things...
Loses one an opportunity to gain any wisdom,
From the spiritual side of life.
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They have homes.
They have titles.
They have their materialism.
Nice cars. Nice clothes,
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